chantry
"chantry" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“chantry” is uncommon English (frequency #53,437 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,437
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An endowment for the maintenance of a priest to sing a daily mass for the souls of specified people.
Corpus desk
Index EN-chantry · chantry · English
chantry · rank #53,437 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,437
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Chantelle
Nearest frequency peer: Chantelle (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “chantry”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Chagall
Chagall
46,566 corpus weight
- Chantelle
Chantelle
46,565 corpus weight
- chantry
chantry
46,564 corpus weight
- chauvinism
chauvinism
46,563 corpus weight
- Cherbourg
Cherbourg
46,561 corpus weight
- chessboard
chessboard
46,560 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “chantry” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | chantry |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #53,437 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “chantry” in English
Rare enough to double-check
chantry is uncommon English at frequency #53,437 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for chantry in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English chaunterie, from Old French chanterie, from chanter (“to sing”). The correct English form is chantry, spelled C-H-A-N-T-R-Y.
Definition
- 1An endowment for the maintenance of a priest to sing a daily mass for the souls of specified people.
- 2A chapel set up for this purpose.
Etymology
From Middle English chaunterie, from Old French chanterie, from chanter (“to sing”).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).